Burger King introduces new spooky menu item for Halloween and you need to try it

It's finally October and we are inching closer to Halloween, one of the country’s favourite holidays. The most exciting prospect about this time of the year for food lovers, is the slew of Halloween foods and drinks that are going be introduced by food companies this month.

One of the first food corporations to make a big Halloween splash is Burger King. As reported by NY Post, popular food blogger Markie Devo broke the news via his Instagram, informing followers that Burger King’s Ghost Pepper Whopperis going to be introduced this month as a Halloween special menu item.

The new Ghost Pepper Whopper

Burger King’s Whooper burgers are their fast-food signatures and a perineal favourite for fans. The company is now going to spice it up with a spooky new burger that even comes with an orange bun.

As per the post by Markie Devo,

Coming soon to Burger King for Halloween is a spooky Ghost Pepper Whopper!!

This one features an orange bun, spicy queso, crispy jalapeños, bacon, ghost pepper cheese and a Whopper patty.

Availability in store

The new burger would be available in select Burger King locations on October 10 and a countrywide rollout of the same would take place from October 13.

Burger King seems set to take over the Halloween fun, just as social media is abuzz with the possibility of McDonald’s Halloween pails coming back.

One fan commented,

McDonald's Halloween Buckets + a new BK Halloween Whopper potentially at the same time = Best Halloween Ever.

Another person said,

I’m going to go through at least a dozen of these

Sources used:

NY Post: ' Burger King to scare up Halloween business with ‘Ghost Pepper Whopper’'

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